The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-01

Large, firm boul6eB wee tie seps
upou which II was crossed in half
d zen places. TIE water was as clear
as dew and came from the many little
springs bubbling.from the mountain.
This was the
VALLEY OF eoLDo,
in one Of the most charming portions
OF Ssitzsrlsnd. Rivers aod villages
bore the same name with the valley,
the dwellings and stores, churches
aud school houses being on each eide
of the stream. D4iries were plentiful
where cattle and goats and milk and
bu ter and cheese COMPRISED the staple
food Of the people, wolfe nearly every
cottnge had its orchard OF select fruit
traee, it's kitchen snd fruit gsrdens,
with every neat, Whine porch covered
with vines.
The fruitful hillsides had vineyards
In all directions, cultivated with that
care and sklll which insure thrift, and
the more rugged portions OF this bills
were broused by cattle and goats un.
til the joedellefs the Swiss herd
boys-cai ed them up at tunse and
started them down hill to ,hs little
hamlet where neatly dressed mi
maids awaited them. Such were the
impressions which passed through my
mind while gaz ing on that lovely land.
scape as it seemed painted ON that
canvas. The merry songs OF the joe
dellers gave echo TO each other on
their way home. This was no delu-
8 on, for though the joedellers aud the
cattle aud tn Dir bells could not be
seen in motion on the canvas,
DeGuerre had so arranged it that
boys and girls would ting the wild
songs of the mountains which were
echoed by them again and sgain a. If
from others on the hill sides, Just 81
he had arranged for the discharge OF
uskstry on the fated night of st
Bartholomew. As the singing jdedelIer5
aud the lowing cattle came in, De
Queries lights seemed to fade into
glosmipg; tie sun ssrk behind the
cloud wrapped hills, and darkness en-.
veloped everything. Presently tho
silvery moon rose, aud again church
and spire and dwellings were family
outlined as If sinking into that dreamy
state which seems and is genuine
happiness to the exhausted. As the
moon rapidly chased and passed cloud
after cloud, faint CLEAN Of lightning
played upon the highest, and then
DeGuerre's faint guu was heard. Twas
the coming storm after the sultry
day, and hundreds came to
their doors to catch an outlook.
Rapidly and yet more lapidlV sill
came what sesmed to be hurricane I;
and its approsch was heard almost az
distinctly as though real; for Ds
Guerre had ARRANGED the binding
lightning, the deep toned thunder, the
bowling wind, the rafting hail and
deluge Of rains behind the canvas, 50
as to initiate inturisttd nature very
closely. In a short time the commo-
ton ceased, and nature seemed anx.
ious to be natural once more. Bus
daylight came when the moon went
down, and the wreck aud devastation
that all then Jaw were enough to sad
den The hardest heart.
The little bubbling stream OF last
evening was now furious, roaring,
sesthipg torrent, which swept every
thing before it. Church, dwell
linRs, barns, schoolhouses, bad van
isbed; peop'e aud cattle and
animals and fowls OF all kinds lay
dead and dying on the streets, and il
ruin WAS ever complete it was there
in all its distressing, depressing, heart
sickening phases.
But look now, once more. Only
one generation has come and gone,
and surely one can see "life in the
old laud yet" Agriculture Fl st
blossoms out under The magic il flu
ence which a younger and less
despondent race enRrafts upon it. I'm.
proved implements of agricultural in
dustry in the hands OF farmers, three.
fourths of whom are of the hardy, in
telligent, thrifty Anglo-Ssxon race,
show why the land now blooms again.
Boycotting, with all its odious sur.
roundings, is dead, and such moral,
political and social cranks IS g. W.
Cabell, Henry George and Psrson
whose trade marks were
INT LERANCE AND PRO.
sCsIPTIoN,
have been cast upon the public dung
hill as disgusting brio a-brac of an
effete era which bred nothing but
class hatred and social discord. The
grand result is seen in just such pro
perity az the South has never before
known. The cheerful homes, the
orchards and vineyards, the heavy
Southern crops and the sweet
scent AID gorgeous groves of mag
nolts, jessamine and orange which
cultivated taste, thought and refiae.
ment, have carefully planted Ia vari-
Gus spots on thousands of cotton and
tugar plantations as home attractions
and ties for tenants as well as for land
lord, make all exclaim,
'"TIs sKooND, YET LovLIER aoLDoi'
The most wonderful change is seen
In the motive form now used for all
purposes Of land and water transport
tation, and for machinery. The use OF
steam, except in few cases, is among
the things Of the past. So OF gas. Both
have proven too costly and clumsy,
and their substitute combines comfort
with economy, has no smoke, no Gin
ders, but creates motive power while
Population 200 to thesquare
mile; travel too cheap for one to
stay at home and five times rs quick as
man. Surely this "Se ond Go do" is
Is no me idle dream; and the little |
childIea Of this day and year will see
tie South, from Virginia TO Texas,
lake its rightiul place as the most
highly fayo ed agricultural, forest and
mineral area on TIL globe; with but
title for us to reg ct except that many
of the witest, purest, grandest states.
neu, orators, jurists aud military
noblest of our Anglo
Saxon race-hAve crossed the dark
river without having realized the
glorious dreams OF their manhood's
friends.
They have left us, however, y g
pleasant memories OF the past as green
yarlands to festoon the tonbs, from
which will spring such a grand future
" no other country has ever known.